Chapter 7.
As soon as Lucifer had heard how panicked Charlie was he had instantly opened a portal to the hotel, he didn't wait to hear what was wrong, he didn't really care what it was, all he cared about was that Charlie needed his help.
Lucifer had expected to find the hotel under attack from sinners or angels, or maybe Alastor had finally done something horrible there, but when he arrived he didn't see any obvious problems.
Before Lucifer could even ask what was going on Charlie had run up to him, "DadweneedyourhelpEmilyishereandthere'ssomethingwrongwithherandwedon'tknowwhattodo" she said speaking too quickly to be understood.
"Whow, whow, whow, Charlie, calm down, I'm here now, I'll fix whatever the problem is, now tell me what's wrong" said Lucifer as he place his hands on Charlie's shoulders, Charlie took a deep breath and said, "Dad, it's Emily, she's here, and she's sick or something, and we don't know what to do".
"Emily, who's Emily" asked Lucifer as he looked around and spotted Emily on the sofa for the first time since he arrived, "Emily, she's an angel, or at least she was" said Vaggie as one of her hands instinctively moved towards her missing eye.
Lucifer got the message loud and clear, and he quickly moved towards Emily, "So they threw out another angel, what did she do to end up down here" he said sadly as he rubbed Emily's forehead and pushed some hair out of her face.
"We're not positive yet, she passed out before saying anything" said Vaggie, "Dad, is she going to be OK, is she sick" asked a very worried Charlie, "No, she not sick, not really, she'll be OK, but she's in for a rough night" said Lucifer.
Charlie let out a breath that she hadn't even realised she was holding, "That's a relief, but what's wrong with her, why is she doing that" she said as she looked at Emily who was still twitching and spasming.
Lucifer sighed, "Her body is adjusting to becoming a fallen angel, by tomorrow she'll have transformed into a fallen form like mine, it happens to all angels who get banished" he said thinking back to his original form.
Vaggie was confused by what Lucifer had said, What, but that didn't happen to me, I didn't go through some weird transformation" she said, Lucifer turned to Vaggie, "That's because you wasn't banished by the angel council, you was just left here by Adam and Lute, if you was really banished you would had burst into flames the moment you walked through Heaven's gates a few months ago" he explained.
"Wait, I would have what" said Vaggie only now realising how serious a true banishment was, luckily Charlie stayed on the matter at hand, "So, what should we do for Emily, how can we help her" she asked.
"Put her in a room, try to make her comfortable, she won't stop feeling like this until the transformation is complete, trust me I know" said Lucifer as he sat down on one of the sofas, "I think I'll hang around for now, I'd like to talk to her when she wakes up".
Charlie gave her Dad a nod as she started to pick up Emily, "Vaggie, a little help" she said, Vaggie was snapped out of her thoughts of bursting into flames and ran to help Charlie, "Sure" she said as she took Emily's legs.
The two carried Emily out of the lobby and up the stairs, they had hoped to get Emily into a room without drawing any more attention to her, but unfortunately they happened to run into Nifty.
Nifty watched the two carrying Emily, "Who's that, did you kill someone without me" she said sounding disappointed, "No, Nifty, Emily's not dead, she just got thrown out of Heaven and" said Charlie, but she didn't get to say any more.
"Heaven, that means, angel" said Nifty with one of her twisted smiles as she pulled out her angelic dagger.
Nifty ran as Emily, laughing maniacally and raising her dagger, Vaggie acted fast and tackled Nifty to the ground, "No, no, no, you are not stabbing her" she said, Nifty looked up in confusion, "But Charlie said to stab angels" she said trying to get her dagger arm out of Vaggie's grip.
"Nifty, Emily is a guest at the hotel, and what did we say about stabbing guests" said Charlie, she was trying to stay calm but there was just a hint of force in her voice, Nifty sighed "No stabbing guests" she mumbled in annoyance and disappointment.
Vaggie carefully got off of Nifty while still keeping an eye on the little maniac, Nifty got back to her feet, "Next time, can you put your knee on my throat as well" she said as she skipped away dragging her dagger along the floor, tearing the carpet.
Vaggie shivered in disgust as she once again took Emily's feet and helped to carry her into a nearby room.
The two placed Emily onto the bed and Charlie covered her with the blanket, Emily was still sweating and twitching, she looked like she was in pain.
Charlie grabbed a chair and sat next to the bed, her face was filled with concern for the fallen angel, "Charlie, you heard your Dad, we just need to let this play out" said Vaggie as she placed a hand on her girlfriend's shoulder.
"I know, but we can't just leave her here alone, what if something happens to her" said Charlie, "She's at the hotel, what could happen to her here" said Vaggie, but then she remembered that Alastor lived here, "On second thought, maybe we should stay with her" she said as she pulled up a seat as well.
The next few hours was tense, Emily thrashed around in bed and every so often she let out a whimper of pain, Charlie would often hold Emily's hand during these times and that seemed to help settle her down a little.
It was about 3 hours in when Emily let out a cry of pain and her thrashing became more intense, Charlie and Vaggie was quick to react, Charlie held her hand while Vaggie held Emily down to stop her thrashing, whatever was going on seemed to be getting worse.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow" said Charlie, "What's wrong, is she squeezing too hard" asked Vaggie looking up with a hint of concern, "No, it's her nails, their digging in" winced Charlie as she tried to pull Emily's hand off of hers.
Vaggie came and gave Charlie a hand and together they was able to pull Emily's fingers from around Charlie's hand, as they did so they got a pretty big shock, Emily's nails had changed, they had become longer, pointer and sharper.
Charlie and Vaggie looked at each other and silently agreed that this must be one of the changers that Lucifer had mentioned.
An hour later Emily cried out in pain again, this time the two could see what was happening right in front of them as Emily screamed, the two could see as two of Emily's teeth fell out and a pair of fangs grew in their place.
Vaggie quickly fished out the fallen teeth from Emily's mouth before she could swallow them, making sure to avoid being bitten by Emily's new fangs.
The next time that something happened Emily's wings popped out of her back, both Charlie and Vaggie could tell that Emily's wings looked different, the once pure white wings was slowly darkening starting as the base and gradually spreading out, by the end of the hour Emily's wings was completely black.
Next, Emily screamed in pain louder that any of the other times, whatever was happening now seemed to be causing her more pain that anything else, Charlie and Vaggie both held Emily's hands, being careful to avoid her claws.
As Emily screamed something began to emerge from her forehead, it took Vaggie a moment to realise what it was, but Charlie knew straight away.
Two little horns began to grow out of Emily's head, they was bone white and look rather blunt, by the time that the horns had stopped growing they was about less than half the length of Emily's thumb, Charlie couldn't help but think that the tiny little horns looked rather cute.
After all of this Emily finally settled down, she stopped thrashing, she stopped sweating, and her breathing returned to normal.
"Do you think it's over" asked Charlie, "I don't know, I hope so" said Vaggie as she looked down at Emily who seemed to be sleeping peacefully now, "I think it's over" said Vaggie.
Vaggie looked at Charlie, "Your going to stay here until she wakes up, aren't you" she said with a knowing smile, "Of course I am, she's going to be confused when she wakes up, I want to be here to help her" said Charlie the concern clear in her voice, "Well, I guess I'm staying too" said Vaggie as she took Charlie's hand.